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 * Copyright (C) 2012 FuseSource Corp. All rights reserved.
 * http://fusesource.com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package org.fusesource.amqp.types;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;

public interface AMQPType {

    public Object getArrayConstructor();

    public void write(DataOutput out) throws Exception;
    public byte writeConstructor(DataOutput out) throws Exception;
    public void writeBody(byte formatCode, DataOutput out) throws Exception;

    public void read(byte formatCode, DataInput in) throws Exception;

    /*
    public void encodeTo(Buffer buffer, int offset) throws Exception;
    public void decodeFrom(byte formatCode, Buffer buffer, int offset) throws Exception;
    */

    public long size();
    public long sizeOfConstructor();
    public long sizeOfBody();

    public String toString(String indent);
}
